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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1884 - ἐπαρκέω

Transliteration

eparkéō

Phonetics

ep-ar-keh'-o

Origin

from (G1909) and (G714)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to avail or be strong enough for
1. to ward off or drive away, a thing for another's advantage
  1. a thing from anyone, to defend
2. to aid, give assistance, relieve
  1. to give aid from one's own resources

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

1 Timothy 3

BSB (3)

1 Timothy 3

CSB (3)

1 Timothy 3

ESV (3)

1 Timothy 3

KJV (3)

1 Timothy 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (3)

1 Timothy 9

WEB (3)

1 Timothy 3

YLT (3)

1 Timothy 3

ASV (3)

it may relieve 1

let her relieve 1

she hath relieved 1

BSB (3)

imparting relief 1

it can help 1

she must assist 1

CSB (3)

help 2

helped 1

ESV (3)

care 2

cared 1

KJV (3)

relieve 2

relieved 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (3)

care 2

helped 1

WEB (3)

it might relieve 1

let them relieve 1

she has relieved 1

YLT (3)

it may relieve 1

let them relieve 1

she relieved 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAD-3S 1

NA26

V-3AAIS 1

V-3AASS 1

V-3PADS 1

SBL

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PPM-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-AMM-3S 1

TRG

V-AAI-3S 1

V-AAS-3S 1

V-PAD-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπαρκ-έω,

I fut. -έσω (v. infr.): aor. inf. ἐπαρκέσσαι A.R. 2.1161, cf. IG 5(1).730.18: —

1. to be strong enough for a thing, in Hom. always of cases of danger or injury: 1. c. acc. rei et dat. pers., ward off something from one, οὐδέ τί οἱ τό γ' ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον Il. 2.873; οὔτε τι Τηλέμαχος τό γ' ἐπήρκεσεν Od. 17.568; οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτῳ ταῦτ' ἐπαρκέσει τὸ μὴ οὐ πεσεῖν prohibebit quominus.., A. Pr. 918.

2. c. acc. rei, ward off, prevent, ἐπαρκέσσαι κακότητα A.R. 2.1161; σέ τοι μόνον δέδορκα πημονάν (Reiske for ποιμένων) ἐ. S. Aj. 360 (lyr.).

3. c. dat. pers. only, help, assist, Thgn. 871, Hdt. 1.91, Lys. 13.93, 1 Timothy 5:10, etc.: rarely c. acc. pers., E. Or. 803 (troch.): abs., τίς ἄρ' ἐπαρκέσει; who will aid? A. Th. 91 (anap.), cf. S. OC 777.

II supply, furnish, ἄκος δ' οὐδὲν ἐπἤρκεσαν, τὸ μὴ πόλιν.. παθεῖν A. Ag. 1170 (lyr.); ἐ. τινί τι Pl. Prt. 321a, cf. Ar. Pl. 830, LXX 1 Maccabees 11:35, etc.; also ἐ. τινὶ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ impart to him a share of.., X. Mem. 1.2.60: c. dat. rei, supply with, πέπλοις E. Cyc. 301.

III

1. abs., to be sufficient, enough, ὅσσον ἐπαρκεῖ Song of Solomon 5:1 (v.l. ἀπαρκεῖ) ; ἐπαρκέσει νόμος ὅδ' this law shall prevail, S. Ant. 612 (lyr.).

2. stand to the credit of, c. dat., γενεᾷ Pi. N. 6.60.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπαρκέω, ἐπάρκω; 1 aorist (ἐπηρκεσα), subjunctive ἐπαρκέσω; properly, to avail or be strong enough for ... (see ἀρκέω); hence,

a. to ward off or drive away, τί τίνι, a thing for another's advantage equivalent to a thing from anyone (Homer), to defend.

b. to aid, give assistance, relieve (Herodotus, Aeschyl, others): τίνι, 1 Timothy 5:10; middle, to give aid from one's own resources, 1 Timothy 5:16 according to the reading ἐπαρκείσθω (L text T Tr WH marginal reading) for ἐπαρκείτω (R G L marginal reading WH text); (κατά δύναμιν ἀλλήλοις ἐπάρκειν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 1).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐπ -αρκέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX: 1 Maccabees 8:26; 1 Maccabees 11:35 *;]

1. to be strong enough for.

2. to ward off.

3. to aid, relieve: c. dat. pers., 1 Timothy 5:10; 1 Timothy 5:16 (mid., WH, mg.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Par 46.5 (B.C. 153) εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ τὰ π ̣α ̣ρ ̣ὰ ̣ τῶν θ ̣ε ̣ῶν κατὰ λόγον σοι χρηματίζεται, εἴη ἄν, ὡς βούλομαι, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ μετ ̣ρίως ἐπ ̣[α ]ρ [κῶ —where however the reading is far from certain : see Witkowski .2, p. 86. See also Cagnat IV. 743 (Eumeneia—time of Alexander Severus = C. and B. ii. No. 232.18) τοῦτο γὰρ ἧν μοι τερπνὸν ἐπαρκεῖν εἴ τις ἔχρῃζε —a Jew speaks. In Polyb. i. 51, 10 the verb is used as nearly synonymous with ἐπιβοηθέω : cf. 1 Timothy 5:10; 1 Timothy 5:16.

List of Word Forms

επαρκειτω επαρκείτω ἐπαρκείτω επαρκεση επαρκέση ἐπαρκέσῃ επάρσεις έπαρσιν επαρσις έπαρσις επαρυστήρα επαρυστρίδας επαρυστρίδες επηρκεσεν επήρκεσεν ἐπήρκεσεν eparkeito eparkeitō eparkeíto eparkeítō eparkese eparkesē eparkései eparkésēi eperkesen epērkesen epḗrkesen